By Midge Reller
Cardinal Staff
All Saint Mary’s students are encouraged to perform at Open
Mic Night (OMN) whether students have no performance experience or ample
amounts of it. It takes place one
Thursday each month at 9 p.m.
OMN Co-President Andy Bauer said, “It is a place for performers of all
sorts of talent varieties, performance abilities or performance histories to
perform with an encouraging audience.”
Paul Schmitt, OMN social media guru, described OMN as casual and open to
all sorts of acts. He said, “You
can read poetry, do something musical, a comedy sketch or whatever you want to
do—we’re very open.”
Both Bauer and Schmitt said one should expect free coffee, a variety of
talents and a very accepting atmosphere when attending OMN.
Each OMN is a different experience with different performers and
performances, said Bauer. He said, “The best thing to do is to go in with an
open mind.”
Schmitt encourages students to go to support not only friends that might
be performing but other people, too. “It’s a good outlet for a lot of people,”
he said. “People who wouldn’t typically perform get to, and it helps to get
that out.”
Bauer added that OMN builds community. “You’ll see a lot of people there that you didn’t know had
talent,” he said.
The group plans to try new things this year to increase OMN attendance.
Bauer said this may include doing an event off campus. He also said he would
like to get both WSU and Saint Mary’s involved because it “would help build
more community between campuses.”
If interested in performing at OMN, simply show up to the event and sign
up for a slot that night. Schmitt said that the event will go as late as
necessary to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to perform.
Bauer encourages people interested in performing to take advantage of
the opportunity. He said, “There’s no other place where you’ll get the support
or the ability to go up and put yourself out there and have that much support
and positivity coming from the audience.”
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